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lat⋅i⋅tude

  [lat-i-tood, -tyood]
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–noun
1. Geography.
a. the angular distance north or south from the equator of a point on the earth's surface, measured on the meridian of the point.
b. a place or region as marked by this distance.
2. freedom from narrow restrictions; freedom of action, opinion, etc.: He allowed his children a fair amount of latitude.
3. Astronomy.
a. celestial latitude.
b. galactic latitude.
4. Photography. the ability of an emulsion to record the brightness values of a subject in their true proportion to one another, expressed as the ratio of the amount of brightness in the darkest possible value to the amount of brightness in the brightest: a latitude of 1 to 128.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME < L lātitūdō breadth, equiv. to lāt(us) broad + -i- -i- + -tūdō -tude

Synonyms:
2. extent, liberty, indulgence. See range.
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lat·i·tude   (lāt'ĭ-tōōd', -tyōōd')   


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n.  

    1. The angular distance north or south of the earth's equator, measured in degrees along a meridian, as on a map or globe.

    2. A region of the earth considered in relation to its distance from the equator: temperate latitudes.

  2. Astronomy The angular distance of a celestial body north or south of the ecliptic.

  3. Freedom from normal restraints, limitations, or regulations. See Synonyms at room.

  4. A range of values or conditions, especially the range of exposures over which a photographic film yields usable images.

  5. Extent; breadth.


[Middle English, geographical latitude, from Old French, width, from Latin lātitūdō, width, geographical latitude, from lātus, wide.]
lat'i·tu'din·al (-tōōd'n-əl, -tyōōd'-) adj., lat'i·tu'di·nal·ly adv.
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Cultural Dictionary

latitude

The measurement, in degrees, of a place's distance north or south of the equator. (Compare longitude.)

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Word Origin & History

latitude 
c.1391, from L. latitudo "breadth, width, extent, size," from latus "wide," from PIE base *stela- "to spread" (cf. O.C.S. steljo "to spread out," Arm. lain "broad"). Geographical sense also is from c.1391, lit. "breadth" of a map of the known world. Meaning "freedom from narrow restrictions" (1605) led to latitudinarian (1662) "characterized by broad-mindedness," esp. in ref. to Episcopal clergymen indifferent to doctrinal details.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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